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The band or their management must have a couple screws loose. Several things come to mind...the single Days Go By is not a strong lead song for a new album (infact the song is pretty fkn lame); the name of the album is horrible to go with the song; the album cover looks like a record cover for some 1950's friggin band. The album overall is good, but several things have wrecked sales (mainly the first single). It is not a very good song for a punk group.

[...] but several things have wrecked sales (mainly the first single). It is not a very good song for a punk group.

Agreed.
Like I said all in all the whole album is a little too smooth for my taste, I miss some roughness and flow too (personally I would have put the songs in a different order). Sometimes if you want something to be really, really good & show all your facets you risk losing focus. But it's done and if these songs were the best they could come up with so be it.
I do like the cover though.
What I still don't understand is the vinyl thing. People around me are buying vinyls like crazy whereas some in the industry keep on saying that because of iTunes etc. there is no market for them ...

There are two stations here that play tons of old Offspring and sometimes the newer stuff. I wish those stations would've gotten hold of Furture Is Now before Days Go By, because it would've gone over a little better.

Originally Posted by Little_Miss_1565

Or what? Or you'll leave as soon as someone returns your rudeness and delete all your posts? I'm so scared.

Hi Little_Miss 1565,
Sorry if i cause disturbed or bother for the band and the fans. I would like to know what´s going on with the band?. First of All, they are falling on charts. They not appears anymore and fall on sales. Second, the singles is top on rank 39#. And they don´t have tour until February. And post March?. Three, we don´t have news about the new video clip "Turning into you" directed by Bill Fishman.

For me and the rest --> "Days Go By" is a great album.

Sorry for my english

Thanks for reading this post

I can't answer the tour questions, but here is the simple truth: The Offspring are not selling albums because they can't. Record sales drop more and more each year. That makes it difficult for anyone, but rock acts most of all. Mulit-platinum albums are almost unheard of in any genre these days, and the pop and hip-hop artists are usually the only ones who get the Gold and Platinum records. The average music listener's attention span has been sculpted and conditioned by singles and ringtones, and obtaining music cheaply or even for free has really spoiled people. No one wants to listen to an album anymore because they don't have to. No one wants to take the risk of listening to 10-14 songs, most of which they probably won't like. And people have also grown accustomed to not hearing the same artist any more than two or three times in a row, otherwise an album becomes background noise and they lose interest.
As for the low charting… well, I guess after so many years, it's finally just time that the Offspring are starting to lose their mainstream relevancy to people. The last album had three incredibly popular singles that you couldn't get away from. This album had the one, and Turning Into You got surprisingly lukewarm reception. Unless they can write an album that has two or three more genre or career defining classics like Gotta Get Away, Come Out and Play, and Self-Esteem, then the next record may not even have one hit.
The music industry is a "what have you done for me lately?" kind of business, and I personally thought the Days Go By album was incredibly weak compared to the rest of their catalogue. It's the first album I haven't liked since the Self-Titled. Hell, I have been a member of this forum since 2004, and the Offspring have been my favorite band for just as long, and not even I have bought that record, yet.
Simply put, the Offspring need to make a record that is great and not just good to sustain their success. They're at the point in their career when they can no longer release a Splinter and get a Gold record cruising off of the success of Americana and Smash. They need another Americana and Smash (even though I liked Splinter, the masses thought it was just an average album).

Also, I don't know if it's this new forum format or my laptop, but I can't make paragraphs and it's extremely aggravating.

and not even I have bought that record, yet.
Simply put, the Offspring need to make a record that is great and not just good to sustain their success. They're at the point in their career when they can no longer release a Splinter and get a Gold record cruising off of the success of Americana and Smash. They need another Americana and Smash (even though I liked Splinter, the masses thought it was just an average album).

Also, I don't know if it's this new forum format or my laptop, but I can't make paragraphs and it's extremely aggravating.

well i think you should have to support the band but the sad truth is they will probably never make another album where every song on it is good

well i think you should have to support the band but the sad truth is they will probably never make another album where every song on it is good

Has there been one? (just kidding)

Honestly I don't like what's going on in music in general right now (with a few exceptions). It's a lot of one-hit-wonders or "pushed youtube or casting show stars" that do fit whatever category/music is "hip" right now. Others (like Die Toten Hosen for example) changed their style from something that was pretty cool and different into mainstream crap ... one wonders is it because they're getting older or because they want to sell more records and get more radio play and thus make more money or because they aren't "rebellious" or "courageous" enough anymore?

well i think you should have to support the band but the sad truth is they will probably never make another album where every song on it is good

I haven't gotten around to buying the record yet, but I most certainly will. However, I am not obligated to buy a subpar product, I will only do so out of my dedication to the band. I bought Smash twice, RaF,RaG twice, Greatest Hits twice, Ixnay on the Hombre, Ignition, Self-Titled, and Conspiracy of One, all legitimately. For some reason, I never bought Americana or Splinter, but I am a huge fan of buying the actual music. I am just not excited to go out and buy Days Go By.

I haven't gotten around to buying the record yet, but I most certainly will. However, I am not obligated to buy a subpar product, I will only do so out of my dedication to the band. I bought Smash twice, RaF,RaG twice, Greatest Hits twice, Ixnay on the Hombre, Ignition, Self-Titled, and Conspiracy of One, all legitimately. For some reason, I never bought Americana or Splinter, but I am a huge fan of buying the actual music. I am just not excited to go out and buy Days Go By.

yeah I know what you mean I actually thought about not buying the album I went to the record release party and they were selling it for $14.99 the next day I went to the mall and bought it for $9.99 just because I wanted to have the physical copy and see the artwork for the songs

I don't really use cd's at all anymore I bought RAFRAG the day it came out and have only listened to it 2 or 3 times and never all the way through and if Days Go By would have come out on vinyl I probably would have never bought the cd